Quotes About Attention

As with much of the world's problems, they become public--or much more of interest--the moment they begin to impact the West.

You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention.

This life is a deafening roar but listen. You could hear a pin drop.

And he didn't draw dog turds in the house style either. He drew the flies circling above too big, and gave them wings. Me, I preferred a few tiny little dots above a turd. That made it look less disgusting, but smellier at the same time.

That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?

and presence

This is so cool: Ceepak's going to tin the entire dining room. Ladies? Gentlemen? May I have your attention please? I am Officer John Ceepak of the Sea Haven Police Department...Because of an ongoing police investigation, your waitress will be temporarily unavailable to serve you. If you require anything, kindly wait until Ms. Lapczyinski returns to the floor in approximately five minutes. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your dinners.

At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.

Researchers have warned about growing up with digital habits (TV, mobile phones, video games, etc), and the resultant changes in the physiology of the brain.

Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.

You stand out more than Victoria Beckham would in the local Primark!

As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.

The masters, the ones who succeed tremendously and set the standard for others, are those who master the details.

Als brauchte irgendeine Erscheinung der Natur unser Lob, unsre Aufmerksamkeit, ja, auch nur unsre Anwesenheit.

Here's the deal. When another individual is completely disconnected from their well-being and their joy, this has absolutely nothing to do with you on any level. You didn't attract this. You are not responsible for it. The only thing you are responsible for is your own energy field. And when you learn how to pay attention to that—and only that—you're free.

What she wants most—what she truly yearns for—is what any of us want: to be seen.

I read once that the act of observing changes the nature of what is observed.

I think you're used to being observed but not really ... seen.

What she wants most—what she truly yearns for—is what any of us want: to be seen. And look. She is.

Eighty-two years later, the sound of her crying still haunts me. If only I had paid closer attention to why she was crying instead of simply trying to quiet her. If only I had paid closer attention.

These displays made it clear that the truly dedicated homemaker matched her comforter to her pillow shams to her washcloths to her bedskirt to her toothbrush holder.

The world divides between those who can watch television knowing there's an isolated jigsaw fragment lying on the floor and those who can't.

I've been to therapists my whole life. I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am. Any obsession is dangerous. And a whole country that's obsessed with one thing, unless it's, like, jeans, it's very dangerous. Everyone's obsessed right now with carbohydrates in this country. It's ridiculous.

When you are tired of saying it, people are starting to hear it" – Jeff Weiner,